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The Ethereum price has struggled to regain momentum amid a persistent downtrend. After closing the last four months in the red, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency is showing no signs of relief in January 2026. On-chain data shows that Ethereum’s current trajectory mirrors past cycle downturns, raising the possibility of further price declines and prolonged bearish sentiment.  Ethereum Price Nears Fifth Consecutive Month Of Losses Ethereum has been in a prolonged slump, marking its fourth straight month of losses in 2025. As the market navigates the final week of January, the cryptocurrency is poised to potentially close a fifth consecutive month…

The bitcoin price slid to $69,000 in Asian trading Thursday as a deepening selloff in global markets spilled into crypto markets. The world’s largest cryptocurrency fell as much as 9% over the past 24 hours, touching lows at $69,031 before trimming losses.  Bitcoin price has now wiped out all gains since its previous $69,000 all-time high in 2021. BTC is now down nearly 30% over the past 12 months and about 45% below its October peak, according to Bitcoin Magazine Pro data. The move came alongside sharp declines in Asian equities. MSCI’s Asia technology index fell for a fifth time…

A leveraged Ethereum position built by Jack Yi’s Trend Research continues to unwind under pressure.The position, assembled through Aave’s lending protocol and reported to have reached roughly $958 million in borrowed stablecoins at its peak, has been shrinking through repeated defensive sales as Ethereum’s price declines.On Feb. 4, Trend deposited another 10,000 ETH (approximately $21.2 million) to Binance to sell and repay loans, according to on-chain tracking profile Lookonchain.The position now holds 488,172 ETH, valued at roughly $1.05 billion at current prices.The deleveraging began in early February, when Trend sold 33,589 ETH (roughly $79 million) and used $77.5 million in…

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a crypto company linked to US President Donald Trump’s family, is facing scrutiny from House Democrats over a reported $500 million investment by an entity linked to an Abu Dhabi royal in the UAE.California Representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat who has criticized public officials’ exposure to the crypto market, said on X on Thursday that he has launched an investigation into the UAE investment in WLFI.“This is about public trust and transparency,” Khanna said, linking to a Wall Street Journal report detailing that he urged a US attorney to probe the deal as well.The investigation comes…

Startale Group and Japan’s financial conglomerate SBI Holdings have launched Strium, a layer-1 blockchain designed to support exchange-layer and settlement infrastructure for institutional trading of foreign exchange, tokenized equities and real-world assets (RWAs).The platform is designed as an exchange-layer network, according to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph. “Tokenization is an inevitable trend, and equities tokenization is clearly the next big market,” said Sota Watanabe, CEO of Startale Group. He added that Strium aims to bridge the gap between traditional offchain finance and the onchain ecosystem by enabling compliant dividend and royalty payments.The launch represents the first major milestone since the…

Perma-bears, much like their hyper bullish counterparts, love shoehorning patterns into the chaos to prop up their gloom. Take Michael Burry, the “Big Short” oracle famed for doomsday calls, who’s now comparing bitcoin’s ongoing bear market with the 2022 brutal plunge , ominously hinting this crash has legs to run much deeper.In a post on X in early Asian hours Thursday, Burry highlighted similarities between BTC’s drop from the October high of $126,000 to $70,000 and Bitcoin’s late 2021 and 2022 plunge, claiming in a chart that patterns match perfectly so far.The previous bear market saw bitcoin fall from around…

APT Price Prediction: Oversold Bounce Could Target $1.31 by Mid-February – BitRss – Crypto World News Blockchain News 11 minutes ago 12 Technical indicators suggest APT ($1.16) may find support near $1.12 with potential recovery to $1.31 resistance if oversold conditions reverse in the coming weeks. APT Price Prediction Summary • Short-te… (Read More) BitRss shares this Content always with License. Read Entire Article Screenshot generated in real time with SneakPeek Suite Homepage Analysis APT Price Prediction: Oversold Bounce Could Target $1.31 by Mid-February BitRss World Crypto News | Market BitRss | Short Urls Design By New Web | ScriptNet

What to Know: Tether’s record-breaking $187B market cap indicates massive liquidity waiting to deploy into risk assets. Market cycles historically see capital rotate from stablecoins to high-beta tokens, benefiting projects with strong narratives. Maxi Doge ($MAXI) targets this risk-on sentiment with a unique “leverage culture” utility and trading competitions. Smart money is rotating into early-stage utility, with over $526k already raised for the new L3 protocol. The stablecoin landscape has officially entered uncharted territory. Tether (USDt) has surged past a $187B market capitalization in the fourth quarter of 2025. This isn’t just a vanity metric for the issuer; it represents…

Ethereum’s price crash leaves ETH stuck in a firm downtrend, with negative flows and weak momentum making a sustained reclaim of $3,000 in February increasingly unlikely. Summary Ethereum price trades near $2,111 after a steep drawdown, with four‑hour MACD and RSI signaling only a corrective bounce inside a broader downtrend. Daily CMF, DMI, and ADX confirm sustained capital outflows and strong trend strength, keeping February recovery odds toward $3,000 low. Analyst Leshka still sees a 3x–4x six‑month upside on fractal and supply‑squeeze signals, but only once the current de‑risking phase and drawdown fully exhaust. Ethereum’s (ETH) price and latest selloff…

As Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testified before the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday morning, Rep. Brad Sherman pressed Bessent over whether the U.S. government could ever step in to “bail out” bitcoin.  Bessent was presenting over the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s annual report on emerging economic risks and much of the comments and questions from the Council reference the Trump administration growing scrutiny over its economic agenda.  During a tense exchange, Sherman referenced the 2008 financial crisis and argued that bailouts have historically protected powerful institutions when markets collapse.  He asked whether Treasury or federal financial regulators could take similar…